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Why learning to love my body is the hardest thing I’ve ever done

Why learning to love my body is the hardest thing I’ve ever done

Learning to love yourself is hard. Learning to love your body is even harder.

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Mar 19, 2019
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Learning to love yourself is hard. Learning to love your body is even harder.

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by: E.B. Johnson

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been waging a war against my body. Scars and stretch marks trace it, evidence of years of violent rage meant to stretch and stress, tighten and diminish. I’ve flogged and starved every inch of…

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